Building Up or Tearing Down

When we do something nice for someone, somehow we feel good inside. But when we are harsh or unkind toward someone, we feel bad inside and it probably takes some time and specific actions to feel better.

Proverbs 11:17 says, “Your own soul is nourished when you are kind, but you destroy yourself when you are cruel.” Kindness flows from the love of God in us, therefore when we are kind we are drawing from and feeding the best part of ourselves. This explains why we feel good inside when we are kind toward others. We are actually building our souls up when we are kind. On the other hand, we are tearing our souls down when we are harsh or unkind toward others. Let us draw upon the love of God within us to be kind toward others and do acts of kindness for others.

Where Are They Leading Us?

Our leaders each have a story about events and policies. Many are distorted from the truth based upon personal or political agendas. The bigger question is where will their agendas and versions of the truth lead us? Can we trust them to lead us in the right paths?

Psalm 25:5 says, “Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.” Wisdom is found by listening to the Lord and following His teaching. If we wait upon Him, He will teach us truth and lead us in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. He can and should be trusted to direct us in the best ways possible.

What Is God Like?

Exodus 34:5 says, “The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ‘The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.'” This is the God that we worship and love. His love for us abounds and is steadfast, never wavering. By the sacrifice of His own Son, He has made forgiveness and redemption available to us.

Perfect Justice

No matter which side of the political spectrum or social justice views you are on, chances are you have some criticisms of our justice system. It shouldn’t surprise us that judgements are sometimes unfair or even incorrect, as our system is administered by highly fallible humans.

Deuteronomy 32:4 says, “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.” God is the perfect judge of all things, because He is without iniquity. Everyone will face His judgement, although the sins of those who trust Jesus Christ have been forgiven and washed clean by His blood. Take advantage of God’s redemption now by giving your life to Jesus Christ.

What We Receive

The Bible speaks of the tithe. The tithe is the believer’s opportunity to acknowledge that all we have has been given to us by God, and in fact, belongs to God. But God expects us to do something else with everything that He gives us. We should be passing on to others out of the blessings that God gives us.

Genesis 12:2 says, “And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.” God abundantly blesses us so that we have a storehouse of blessings with which to bless others. God’s goodness follows us wherever we go and His grace provides us with blessings beyond number. What we do with these blessings is vitally important. Sharing these blessings with others produces the fruit that God desires from the seeds of blessings that He gives.